Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#3

3. The Advent of our God

1 The advent of our God
Our prayers must now employ,
And we must meet him on his road
With hymns of holy joy.

2 The everlasting Son
Incarnate deigns to be;
Himself a servant's form puts on
To set his people free.

3 Daughter of Sion, rise
To meet thy lowly King,
Nor let thy faithless heart despise
The peace he comes to bring. A-men.

4 As judge, on clouds of light,
He soon will come again,
And all his scattered saints unite
With him in heaven to reign.

5 Before the dawning day
Let sin's dark deeds be gone;
The old man all be put away,
The new man all put on.

6 All glory to the Son,
Who comes to set us free,
With Father, Spirit, ever One,
Through all eternity.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The Advent of our God
• Translator: John Chandler, 1806 - 76
• Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Advent

Tune Information

• Name: DONCASTER
• Composer: Samuel Wesley, 1766 - 1837
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: D Major